Trend · rank 189 of 250

Trade & logistics digitalisation

Electronic documents, interoperable customs systems and automated ports and warehouses are spreading across trade networks, which lowers transaction costs for nations whose law and agencies support them and raises exposure to cyber disruption.

Trade & InvestmentTrade, industry & supply chainslogisticstradeconnectivitycyber

Second pass: Carried forward from the first pass, where it was Trade, shipping & logistics digitalisation. Held by all three panel models.

Sensitivity and network position

Rank
189of 250
Sensitivity
13.3rank 63
Breadth
2of 20 scenarios High or above
PageRank
12.9rank 233
Eigenvector
0.2
Betweenness
0.0
Links
2trends at Moderate similarity or above
Composite
14.0

Attention over three years

How much this trend is read about on Wikipedia and searched for on Google, week by week, set against the typical trend in the list so that what moves every trend at once is taken out. 100 is this trend's own three-year average. The score measures public attention, which is not the same as the strength of the force: a trend can deepen unnoticed, and a news event can lift attention for a fortnight.

Now
120
Over a year
+1%Steady
Over three years
+62%
Peak
20129 Sept 2024
Sources
Bothagreement -0.64
Coverage
2languages · 55 nations

Trailing 4-week average. 100 is this trend’s three-year average.

By language

Wikipedia reading in each language edition where the trend’s pages are read enough to measure (2 of 28). Share is of all the readers counted.

LanguageShareNowOver a yearThree years
English81%88−12%
Russian19%80−11%

By country

Google search interest over the three years, as a share of each country’s searching. 100 is the nation where interest is highest. The search terms are English, which favours countries that search in English.

Qatar

Ethiopia

Singapore

South Korea

Netherlands

United States

Nigeria

Uzbekistan

South Africa

United Arab Emirates

Australia

Canada

100

46

21

15

11

10

8

8

7

7

6

6

The 12 highest of 55 nations with a reading.

By region and G20 member

Attention to this trend inside each place, from Google searches made in its countries and Wikipedia reading in the languages mostly read there, averaged where both exist. Each line compares the trend with its own past in that place; the lines do not compare places.

Regions

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
North AmericaGoogle in 1 country + Wikipedia in English96−42%−30%+49%
Indo-PacificGoogle in 2 countries58−49%+2%−52%
Gulf and Middle EastGoogle in 2 countries88+34%−23%−18%
Latin America and CaribbeanGoogle in 1 country72+10%−20%−32%
Russia and EurasiaWikipedia in Russian80−12%−11%−25%

G20 members

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
BrazilGoogle72+10%−20%−32%
JapanGoogle74−59%+23%+13%
RussiaWikipedia in Russian80−12%−11%−25%
TürkiyeGoogle86+45%−30%−19%
United StatesGoogle + Wikipedia in English96−42%−30%+49%

Relation to each scenario

A trend relates to a scenario when it changes how likely the scenario is, how hard it lands, or is itself sharply changed by it. Each score is the median of three scores given separately by the members of the model panel.

RelationScenarioFamily
5 · Very highA cryptographic breakthrough invalidates digital trust S09Technology and infrastructure
4 · HighHybrid coercion ends in an infrastructure blackout S04Geopolitical and security
3 · ModerateCritical trade divides into rival blocs S01Economic and trade
3 · ModerateA cross-regional market access compact redirects investment S12 ↗Economic and trade
1 · Very lowA public service platform reaches inclusive operation S18 ↗Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA global funding seizure reaches sovereign balance sheets S02Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA regional war closes a globally important sea route S03Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedA disputed transfer of power breaks effective government S05Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedTwo breadbasket failures trigger a food availability crisis S06Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedA major disaster disables the national economic core S07Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedAn AI deployment step causes abrupt labour displacement S08Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA novel respiratory pathogen exceeds health surge capacity S10Health
0 · Not relatedA creditor agreement releases fiscal capacity S11 ↗Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA great-power agreement lowers economic security barriers S13 ↗Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedA verified Middle East settlement restores access S14 ↗Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedCheap firm clean power becomes available at scale S15 ↗Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedA validated farming package raises water-efficient output S16 ↗Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedAI-directed research produces a reproducible discovery step S17 ↗Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedAffordable preventive treatments reduce chronic illness S19 ↗Health
0 · Not relatedA live outbreak proves rapid distributed pandemic defence S20 ↗Health

Similarity = 0.3 × shared tags (Jaccard) + 0.3 × likeness of scenario profiles (cosine) + 0.3 × likeness of names and descriptions (TF-IDF cosine) + 0.1 if in the same capability domain, cut into seven levels at 0.12, 0.22, 0.33, 0.45, 0.58, 0.72. Shown at Moderate and above.

SimilarityTrendThemeRank
4 · HighDigital & services trade growthTrade, industry & supply chains116
3 · ModerateTrade corridor competitionTrade, industry & supply chains38